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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Pneumonic plague outbreak in Uganda: officials

An article via Reuters :

" Pneumonic plague has broken out in northern Uganda, killing 38 people and putting dozens in hospital, a senior health official said Tuesday.

Issa Makumbi, assistant commissioner in charge of disease surveillance, said investigations into a disease that struck the region in November were continuing but that tentative tests had confirmed it was pneumonic plague."

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